Chandigarh: The recent deaths in Mumbai allegedly linked to watermelon consumption has prompted the UT food health dept to initiate random sampling of fruits across the city.However, health experts warn that even if samples reveal contamination from oxytocin hormones or artificial colouring, proving a direct link to gastrointestinal infections remains a significant challenge. Sukhwinder Singh,…
Pune: The state education department’s govt resolution on Monday added a special fifth round for the first time ever exclusively for girls’ admission to first year junior college (FYJC) for academic year 2026-27.The round would be held after the open-to-all phase. It is to ensure that girls have ample opportunity to secure seats in their…
Dibrugarh: Months after PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 10,600-crore Ammonia-Urea Fertiliser Plant at Namrup, a high-level delegation led by JB Ekka, chairman of Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd, and SP Mohanty, managing director, Brahmaputra Valley and Fertilizer Ltd, visited the site on Tuesday to spearhead a comprehensive…
Lucknow: A nearly painless normal delivery is possible through a procedure called epidural anaesthesia, though presently, the facility is available only in a few corporate hospitals and in select cases in govt set-ups.Experts at a meeting at King George’s Medical University on Tuesday called for increasing awareness and infrastructure for better pain control during delivery.Dr…
Jaisalmer: A portrait of Bhimrao Ambedkar installed at a circle in Aadel village of Barmer district was found damaged late Monday night, triggering protests and a sit-in by local residents demanding the arrest of those responsible.Sadar police rushed to the spot after receiving information and tried to pacify the agitated crowd. Barmer superintendent of police…
New Delhi: In fresh action against Anil Ambani and his Reliance group entities, ED on Tuesday said it has attached his family properties worth another Rs 3,035 crore, including a flat in Usha Kiran building in Mumbai and a farmhouse in Khandala (Pune), taking attachments to nearly Rs 20,000 crore in the ongoing money laundering…
US President Donald Trump made a light-hearted remark about Britain’s royal family, joking that his late mother once had a “crush” on King Charles III.The comment came during an official ceremony on the White House South Lawn to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla. Trump referred to his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and her…
‘Michael’, starring Jaafar Jackson in the lead role of the King of Pop, continued its steady run at the Indian box office. As per the latest reports, the film has even gone on to become April’s highest-earning Hollywood release.‘Michael’ box office collections Day 5The film reportedly crossed the Rs 25 crore gross mark on Day…
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NEW DELHI: Two cousins, aged 20 and 14, returning home on a bike from Monday night’s IPL match, became the city’s latest hit-and-run victims after being crushed to death by a truck in central Delhi’s Ashoka Road.The victims were identified as BSc student Yagya Bhatia and Abhav, residents of Ashok Nagar in west Delhi. Police…
